In your own words, Digital literacy

   Question #1

  "  "Simply put, we can’t keep preparing students for a world that doesn’t exist. We can’t keep ignoring the formidable cognitive skills they’re developing on their own. And above all, we must stop disparaging digital prowess just because some of us over 40 don’t happen to possess it. An institutional grudge match with the young can sabotage an entire culture."

What Virginia Heffernen is trying to get across is that this digital gap in generations could potentially harm future generations to come. Everyone who is teaching this generation all grew up without this technology and refuses to learn for the sake of their students. They continue to prepare their students for a world they grew up in but what doesn’t exist anymore. In a world where technology is rapidly growing and students are learning at a constant rate, teachers should keep up with this so students can be properly taught the new world. I agree with all this and our education system needs a huge overhaul. Education and technology should be integrated as soon as students come into grade school. When I went into college I felt like I was really unprepared with the digital aspect college brought. All grade school taught me was how to research online and how to type. Unless you took a webpage class or some other tech class which by the way isn’t mandatory you were not taught how to operate the web. For the sake of humanity I feel like the old style of teaching and the new tech way of teaching should both be present for the best of both worlds for greater generations to come.